Charles Schulze
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Background
Charles G. Schulze was born in Saxony in 1826. He spent some time of the Californian goldfields before sailing for Australia on the Abysinnia. He first dug for gold in Bendigo, leaving for Ballarat after three months, where he established a bakery at Dunnsford, Little Bendigo. He sold out after three months, leaving the goldfield for Melbourne. He returned to Ballarat in 1852 after the discovery of the Canadian Nugget. He established another bakery with two Americans, in a location between the Canadian and Little Bendigo Rushers. The location later became known as Bakery Hill after his enterprise. The business flew an American Flag. [1]
He married Miss Weller at Christ Church, Ballarat.[2]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
A transcript of Charles Schulze's account of the killing of James Scobie and the Eureka Stockade is held at the National Library of Australia (NLA MS 9125).[3]
Post 1854 Experiences
Schulze became a member of the Lexton Road Board, and was a councillor with the Lexton Council for 31 years. He won first prize for a sheaf of wheat at the Melbourne International Exhibition of 1880. [4]
In the News
- LEXTOXSHIRE COUNCIL. -
This council held its ordinary meeting on 9th June. Present—Crs James Robertson (president), Robert Giles, Charles Schulze, George Pinch, James Harrison, and Walter Fairlie. Correspondence.—From the shire treasurer of Ripon, remitting £(39 ISs 4d as the amount due Lextonshire for toll rents received from the Stony Ford and Burrumbeet gates. From common toll manager, forwarding £18 2s 6d as the Lextonshire's proportion of the Springs gate for the month of May. From the secretary of Ballaratshire, intimating that the consideration of the correspondence in regard to the road south of the Springs tollgate had been postponed. Main Avoca road.—From the engineer's report it was elicited that the maintenance repairs to the road between the Springs and Woodstock would exceed £600 during tho next twelve months, and for which the toll fund expected as available would probably not exceed £200. Cr Schulze remarked that as members were indisposed to admit of the shire fund being expended for repairs on a main road, there was no alternative but the establishment of a toll. For this objective moved that at the next meeting an order for the establishment of a toll-gate at or near the 27th mile-post be taken into consideration. Cr Giles seconded the motion, which was carried. ...[5]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Ballarat Star, 15 June 1869.
